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TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — School messages sent home to parents about their children’s weight are ineffective, researchers say.<\/p>\n

About 40% of American children live in states where schools regularly send parents messages about student weight measurements taken at school, CNN<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

But those messages aren’t well received by parents or children and do not help control children’s weight, according to the three-year study of nearly 29,000 grade 3-7 students in California.<\/p>\n

It was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

“This was a pretty convincing study,” Dr. Jenny Radesky, assistant professor of pediatrics<\/a>, University of Michigan and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, told CNN<\/em>. She was not involved in the research.<\/p>\n

“Based on these results, schools and state departments of education should seriously consider whether BMI<\/a> measurement in schools should stop altogether,” Radesky suggested.<\/p>\n

“Parents who feel their child has responded negatively to a report card BMI<\/a> should advocate directly with their schools,” she advised.<\/p>\n

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